25 Oct Ekahau Site Survey Release Notes v8.0

• Automatically import walls and scale from CAD files with
  Wall Outlining Wizard (WOW)
• It is also now possible to select which layers are imported from the CAD file to the background floor plan used in site surveys
• The floor plan’s scale is automatically read from CAD files if available
• Added support for CAD 2013 files
• Only supported in 64-bit operating systems
• CAD floor plan (DWG or DXF) required
• iPerf throughput site surveys
• Native clients for iPerf v2 and v3 included http://sw.ekahau.com/download/ess/throughput
• New Jitter visualization for UDP throughput surveys
• In-depth throughput analysis when moving mouse over survey path
• Updated Mini Signal, Active, and Requirements view
• Now it is possible to configure the adapters also via the Mini views
• Wall Material editor
• NOTE: The changes only applies to the project you are working with
• Updated the Attenuation Area editor to utilize the same dialog as the Wall Material editor
• New license management system integration
• One license key to rule them all
• Your ESS license key now also has the information about your support & maintenance contract status
• You tm ll mostly just notice this as faster responses to technical support and support & maintenance renewal inquiries
• The application can notify the user when the support and maintenance is about to expire
• The application automatically update its support and maintenance status when renewed
• Added channels 120, 124, and 128 for US regulatory domain
• Updated the vendor OUI list to improve multi-MAC detection
• The Access Point numbering now utilizes running numbers in reporting even between the floors
• Fixed an issue where some View menu items were not included in exported images
• Fixed an issue when SSID and AP name included non-alphabetical characters
• Fixed an issue where AP channel and bandwidth were not shown properly in template based reporting
• Updated the antenna patterns for Adtran Bluesocket 1930 5GHz, Zyxel WAC6502D-S, and Zyxel WAC6503D-S
• Added new access points and antennas:
• Complete Samsung AP and Antenna portfolio
• Complete AccelTex Antenna portfolio
• Watchguard AP100, AP102, and AP200
• Aerohive AP1130
• Aruba AP-205H, and AP-ANT-20, ANT-3×3-2005, ANT-3×3-5005, ANT-3×3-5010, ANT-3×3-D608, ANT-3×3-D905 antennas
• Avaya WAP9123, WAP9133 APs and WAT911360, WAT912035, WAT912090 antennas
• Extreme Networks AP3710e, AP3765e, AP3765i, AP3805e, AP3805i, AP3825e, AP3865e
• Extreme Networks WS-AI-DT04360, WA-AO-DS05360, WS-ANT-2DIP, WS-ANT-5DIP, WS-ANT-2DIP-3, WS-ANT-5DIP-3, WS-AO-2DIPN3, WS-AO-5DIPN3, WS-AO-DX13025 antennas
• Meraki MR24, MR26, MR32, MR34, MR58, and MR72
• Meraki MA-ANT-20, MA-ANT-21, MA-ANT-23, MA-ANT-25 antennas
• Motorola AP7522 and AP7532
• Ruckus ZoneFlex R500, ZoneFlex R600, and ZoneFlex H500
• Terrawave M6060060MP13602O, M6060060MO1D43602 antennas
• Ubiquiti UniFi AP AC
• Xirrux XR630

• Increased the survey path colouring transparency so that the underlying map is more visible
• Survey path now follows the cursor movement during ongoing Stop-and-Go surveys
• AP names can now be imported from the competitor’s survey project files
• Increased the Ekahau RTLS Controller connection time-out to make the connection more reliable
• Visualization tooltip is disabled immediately when cursor is moved
• Fixed a parsing error of the competitor’s project files
• Fixed a minor bug when opening the Edit Devices menu
• Added new access points and antennas:
• Cisco AP2702E + AIR-ANT2524V4C-R
• Zyxel WAC6502D-E, WAC6502D-S, and WAC6503D-S APs
• Adtran Bluesocket 1935, 1940, 2030, and 2035 APs
• Aruba ANT-2×2-2314 & ANT-2×2-5314 antennas
• Aruba AP-103H, AP-214 + ANT-2×2, AP-224 + ANT-2×2, and AP-274 + ANT-2×2 APs
• errawave M6060060P1D63620V antenna

• Added support for Stop-and-Go manual survey sampling
• Information Elements are now read also from internal adapters and partially supported adapters
• For example AP names and other AP capability information can now be read with any adapter
• Added support for opening the competitor’s passive survey project files (v8.0 ->)
• Brought back the map auto-scrolling
• Updated the Cisco coverage requirement profiles
• Added Fortinet multi-SSID logic
• Added new multi-SSID logic for the latest Meraki APs
• Fixed the scale report template tag
• Fixed the resolution width template tag
• Fixed an issue with Ping/RTT and Packet Loss visualizations
• Fixed an issue with default SNR visualization legend cutout value
• Fixed a Meru networks specific passive scanning issue where measurements were sometimes seen for an incorrect BSSID
• Added new access points and antennas:
• Cisco AP1702I and AP1572E + AIR-ANT2568VG-N APs
• Cisco AIR-ANT2568VG-N, AIR-ANT2451NV-R, and AIR-ANT2451V-R Antennas
• AirTight C55 and C60 APs
• Aerohive AP170, AP330, and AP350 APs
• Netgear WNDAP360, WNDAP620, WNDAP660, WLAP320, and WN370 APs
• Aruba AP-215
• Meru AP122
• Tallac SDM-100 AP
• Autelan AE5000-E2AN2T, AE5000-E3CN3T, AE6000-E2ANH2, and AE6100-E2ANH2 APs
• Adtran Bluesocket 1920, 1925, and 1930 APs
• Motorola AP7161 + ML-2452-HPAG5A8, L-2452-HPA6X6-036 APs and Antennas
• Radiobolaget 9971021-1 2.4GHz and 9971024-1 5GHz Antennas

• Graphics scaling issues fixed
• Issue with duplicated attenuation area types fixed
• Survey lists of large projects with many survey tracks now initialized more quickly
• Fixed an issue with Ping recordings
• Added new access points and antennas:
• Meraki MR18 AP
• AirTight C75 AP
• Netgear WNAP930 and WNDAP380 APs
• Aruba AP-ANT-17 and AP-ANT-19 antennas
• Terrawave M6040060O2D1802R Antenna
• Updated the Aruba AP-ANT-18 5GHz azimuth antenna pattern

• Added further options to customize AP data in template reports:
• Antenna Tx power
• Antenna type
• Antenna height in meters
• Antenna height in feet
• Added an option to define the height of the image in template reports
• Associated Channel information is now displayed in Live Network Status
• Increased image export resolution when CAD floor maps are used
• The connection between ESS and Ekahau RTLS tags is now much more reliable
• When using Ekahau RTLS tags for site surveys, the internal adapter is automatically used only for active surveys
• When using Ekahau RTLS tags for site surveys, surveys recorded with external NIC adapters are automatically disabled
• Fixed a bug where checking preferences while “Signal To Noise Ratio” or “Number of APs” view mode is used produced an error
• Fixed a bug where SNR visualization did not display values over 50dB properly
• NOTE: In case of projects created before ESS 7.6.0, you might have to adjust the legend slider a bit to see values over 50dB
• Fixed a bug where multiple overlapping coverage areas caused an exception in Auto Planner
• Fixed a bug where “Associated Access Point” visualization produced an exception when no ping data was available
• Added new access points and antennas:
• Ruckus ZoneFlex T300 and T301n APs
• HP 560 802.11ac AP
• Terrawave M60202501D43602RA Antenna

• Hole in the floor tool for predictive surveys
• Added support for exclusion coverage areas
• Coverage area drawn inside another coverage area is considered as an exclusion area where no coverage is required nor APs should be placed
• Auto-planner also now supports holes in the floor and exclusion areas
• Fixed a bug in Auto-planner where exception was thrown when AP altitude was so high that required signal level could not be achieved in floor leve
• New visualization legend
• Supports static legend colors
• No heatmap is shown for values outside the defined range
• Support for the legacy adjustable color range via right-click context menu
• Areas where the active requirement is not met is shown with gray color
• Updated the visualization tooltips to display a warning in areas where the active requirement is not met
• Channel Overlap is now included in coverage requirements
• The criterion is also included in Network Health and Network Issues visualizations and in Live Requirements
• Added a mini live requirement view for the Channel Overlap
• Displays the channel overlap for the current associated channel
• When no association is available, displays the worst channel overlap
• Channel Overlap now displays the worst case over all channels
• Updated the Coverage Requirement window
• It is now only possible to adjust the numeric values of each criterion
• Network conditions option is hidden by default
• Signal Prediction can be enabled for all floors in the building – Use with care!
• All pop-up menus can be closed without separately clicking the Close button by simply clicking outside the menu
• Added Vocera B3000 adapter
• Added new access points and antennas:
• Huawei APs: AP5010DN, AP5010SN, AP6010DN, AP6010SN
• Huawei Antennas: 27010209, 27010215, 27010219, 27010223, 27010812, 27010889, 27010890, 27010891, 27010898, 27010902, 27010892, 27010912, 27011332, 27010913, 27010956, 27011015, 27011016, 27010906, 27010904, 27011333
• Zyxel APs: NWA5121-NI, NWA1123-AC, NWA1123-NI, NWA5123-NI, NWA5121-N, NWA5160-N, NWA5301-NJ, NWA3166-N
• Zyxel ANT2105 Antenna
• Aruba AP-205, AP-275, and RAP-155
• Ubiquiti APs: UniFi AP-Outdoor+ with AMO-2G10, UniFi AP-Outdoor+ with AMO-2G13, UniFi AP-Outdoor5 with AMO-5G10, and UniFi AP-Outdoor5 with AMO-5G13
• Ubiquiti antennas: AMO-2G10, AMO-2G13, AMO-5G10, and AMO-5G13
• TRENDnet TEW-653AP and TEW-753DAP APs
• Fortinet FortiAP-221B and FortiAP-320B
• Aerohive AP230

• Aruba AP names are now read from information elements and displayed on AP list, Live Network Status, and Survey Inspector
• Added multi-radio detection logic for Aruba access points when Aruba AP names are present in the measurements
• Increased the width of Attenuation Area drop down
• Updated Japanese UI translations
• Fixed a bug where attenuation area was ignored by the auto-planner
• Fixed a bug causing an error when map was removed from the project, but not from the building
• Fixed a report template bug where incorrect channel information was displays on Legend and Visualization Statistics
• Fixed a bug causing an error on Surveys list when the project included thousands of surveys
• Fixed a bug where ESS crashed during startup
• Fixed a bug where ESS did not exit after prompted for saving the project

• Part height walls are now shown with a raster line on the map view
• Active measurement is now automatically started when the application starts
• It is now possible to Undo and Redo any changes done to walls and attenuation areas
• A new driver (3.0.1.721) fixing a bug where Beacons were sometimes missed when multiple adapters were used
• Fixed a bug that caused Auto-Planner to fail when APs where placed very high
• Fixed a bug where changes done to the attenuation areas were not taken in account by the Auto-Planner
• Fixed a bug where visualization was refreshed multiple times after editing Walls or Attenuation Areas
• Fixed a bug causing an error during RTLS accuracy analysis
• Fixed a bug where creating a report visualization within a radio loop would fail if it has radios that are not assigned to a map
• Added missing Japanese UI translations
• Added Engenius EAP600, ECB600, EWS310, and EWS320 Access Points
• Added Fortinet FortiAP-223B, FortiAP-320C, and FortiAP-221C Access Points
• Added Cisco AP1532E + AIR-ANT2524 Access Point

• Reports can now be generated based on customizable DOCX templates
• Survey statistics dialog added
• Attenuation areas can be specified on a map
• Wall lower and higher bounds can now be configured
• Image export feature now exports as high resolution image
• RTLS measurement method (Blink/ELP) is now shown on live networks and survey inspector provided that the scanning was made by ESS 7.5.0 or later
• Added “Customer” field to project notes
• Meru Ethernet MAC is displayed as the AP name on live networks and survey inspector tables
• Updated map file naming on Cisco export format
• Dropped feature: Print image to a printer
• Added Engenius ECP350, EAP900H, EAP350 APs and Terrawave M6060070MP13620 antenna
• Fixed AP profiles for Extreme Networks AP3825i, Ruckus 7762-AC, and Cisco AP2602E + AIR-ANT2566P4W-R APs
• Fixed a bug that prevented visualizations to refresh until the application was restarted

• Updated the file chooser
• Updated the Enterasys multi-radio logic to include exceptional cases
• Channel planner now utilizes all available channels
• Fixed a bug on Number of Access Points visualization
• Fixed a 5GHz band scanning bug on Japanese regulatory domain
• Fixed a bug on mini live signal tooltip
• Probe requests are now disabled when multiple adapters are being used to avoid near field amplification
• A new driver (3.0.1.719) to support disabling probe requests on demand
• Added site dimensions for Cisco Prime exports
• Added several new access points and antennas:
• Ruckus ZoneFlex 7762-AC, R300, R700, SmartCell 8800
• Cisco AP702W, AIR-ANT5114P2M-N, AIR-ANT2588P3M-N, AIR-ANT2413P2M-N
• Aruba AP-175 + AP-ANT-D805, AP-ANT-1B
• Terrawave M6030040O1D1820MPV, M6060060M01D3620O
• Extreme Networks AP3825i
• Juniper WLA321, WLA322
• Samsung WDS-ANTD2D, WDS-ANTD4D
• Aerohive AP121

• German, French, and Japanese localizations
• Support for mobile devices utilizing Ekahau Location Protocol (ELP)
• Updated the IEEE OUI list to bind multiple SSIDs from the latest Cisco APs together
• Fixed a bug that caused Channel 120 not to be shown on Channel Configuration dialog
• Fixed a bug that caused an error when RSSI was over the range of conversion function
• Disabled Export as XML
• Added new access points and antennas:
• Cisco AP1532i
• Cisco AP2602e + AIR-ANT2566P4W-R
• Cisco AP3700e + AIR-ANT2566P4W-R
• Aruba AP-104 + AP-ANT-1F
• Ubiquiti UniFi AP AC Outdoor
• Ubiquiti UniFi AP Pro
• Aruba AP-ANT-1F
• Aruba AP-ANT-16

• Fixed ESS startup issue with standard license
• Spectrum analyzer launch button now works more reliably
• Fixed functionality of project merging

• Support for surveying with up to three simultaneous USB adapters
• Requires new Atheros driver revision 3.0.1.710 (installed automatically)
• Channels are automatically allocated by default. Feature can be disabled from File > Preferences. Manual channel selection is also possible
• Wi-Fi device configuration dialog has been renewed
• Adapter channel configuration dialog has been renewed
• Survey list has been renewed to be usable with multiple adapter surveys
• ESX file format updated to support multiple adapter surveys. ESS 7.0 projects can’t be opened in 6.0 or earlier versions.
• Support for surveying with up to 10 simultaneous Wi-Fi tags
• When activating WiFi tags for site survey, they are automatically set to calibration mode
• New heatmaps for comparing differences between primary and secondary surveys
• Difference in Signal Strength
• Difference in Number of AP:s
• Difference in Noise
• Merging survey data can now be done for the same maps
• Channel Planner: Optimizes channel separation for simulated or measured network
• Added undo and redo buttons
• Optimizations for loading huge projects (up to 90% faster)
• Optimizations for visualizations in huge projects (up to 35% faster)
• Optimizations to passive scan speed (shortens the scan cycle by ~10%)
• Improvements for touch screen usage
• Mini Ping and Live Signals views have been renewed
• Live Signals and Survey Inspector views now show the number of observed BSSIDs
• “My” SSID is now automatically detected from associated network when doing non-RTLS surveys
• The selected survey tracks are now synchronized between surveys list, survey inspector, and map view
• The report template has some minor changes
• When opening a project, the AP list now expands only the initially opened map
• Added new access points and antennas:
• EnGenius EAP9550
• EnGenius EOC5611P
• Relay2 R2-CAP-ND-900N
• This version is released in English language only
• User guides are now only available online at http://docs.ekahau.com/index.php/Ekahau_Site_Survey_User_Guide
• Bug fix: Simulated noise was used in some visualizations even though measured noise was selected
• This fix makes those visualizations up to 10 times faster for huge projects
• Bug fix: Fixes in signal propagation algorithm concerning walls
• Dropped feature: Official Windows XP support
• Dropped feature: Official Windows Vista support
• Dropped feature: Cardbus (PCMCIA / ExpressCard) adapter support
• Dropped feature: Undoing survey deletion is no longer possible

• New separate Ekahau Protocol Driver installers for 32bit and 64bit machines to ensure proper installation
• Fixed a bug with parsing 802.11ac information elements that caused some .11ac APs not being detected properly
• Added new access points
• Meru OAP433e + O4ABGN-0607
• 4ipnet EAP110

• New Ekahau protocol driver installer
• Forces the installation of Ekahau driver protocol solving an issue with missing protocol driver after Windows 8.1 upgrade
• Ruckus Multi-Radio logic that automatically combines surveyed dual-band access points
• Fixed a bug that caused maps imported from Cisco Prime having incorrect scale
• Fixed a problem where visualizations were sometimes calculated twice
• Fixed a bug where ESS crashed on Windows XP machines when internal Wi-Fi adapter was enabled
• Fixed a bug that caused ESS to crash sometimes after changing AP selections with visualization auto-refresh enabled
• Added several new access points
• Cisco AP3700P + AIR-ANT2513P4M-N
• Cisco AP2602E + AIR-ANT2524
• Meru AP832e + ANT-ABGN-0406W-W
• Aruba AP-114 + AP-ANT-1F, AP-115, RAP-109
• Ruckus ZoneFlex 7782

• New Atheros driver revision 3.0.1.362
• Fixes a problem of missing AP observations when hundreds of BSSIDs were present
• New Per-Channel View visualization
• Zooming is focused towards the mouse cursor
• Improved pinch zooming on touch displays
• Map panning on Survey Mode
• Panning the map with a finger or left mouse button
• On touch display, active survey recording can be stopped by tapping and holding the finger on the screen
• The left hand side list is automatically hidden in Survey Mode to give more room for the map view
• Pinging is disabled if active interface is not available
• Contours are disabled by default for Detailed visualizations
• Added several new access points and antennas:
• Cisco AP3700i and AP3700e + AIR-ANT2524
• Cisco AP3600e + AIR-ANT2524
• Cisco AP3600e + AIR-ANT2524 with .11ac Module
• Cisco AP3600i with .11ac Module
• Cisco AIR-ANT2535SDW-R antenna
• Aruba AP-ANT-1F antenna
• Aruba AP-104 + AP-ANT-1F
• Aruba AP-175 + AP-ANT-90
• Aerohive AP370
• Aerohive AP390
• Mars MA-WE2458 antenna

• Experimental Windows 8.1 support
• Selectable auto detection of “My APs” in RTLS positioning mode
• Fixed a bug that caused an exception if an AP with empty supported MCS set was encountered
• Fixed a bug that prevented displaying the scanning device’s driver file name
• Added several new access points and antennas:
• BelAir 20EO
• Ruckus AP 7762
• Terrawave M6060060MP1D33602 antenna
• Cisco AIR-ANT2524DW-R dual-band antenna

• Minor bug fixes:
• Auto-Detection of Multi-MAC APs was on some cases when the feature should have been disabled
• Visualizations were not shown for Cisco CCX surveys
• Clearing Quick Search caused an exception in some situations
• Fixed an exception on Calibration Quality visualization
• Increased the maximum allowed map size limit to 100 Mpx
• Added support for access points with more than three radios in network planning
• Added multi-SSID detection logic for H3C, 3Com, Juniper, and Brocade access points
• Added multi-radio detection logic for H3C, 3Com and Juniper access points
• New Windows 7 Atheros driver which prevents the USB adapter to associate with the network when Ekahau Site Survey is running
• Added several new access points and antennas:
• Meru AP832i and AP832e with ANT-ABGN230W-W 802.11ac access points
• Xirrus XN4, XN8, XR-2420, XR-2430, XR-4420, XR-4430, XR-4830, XR-6820, XR-6830, XR-7620, and XR-7630 access points
• Ericsson BelAir 20EO-11A, 20EO-11B, and 20E access points
• Enterasys AP3715i access point
• Meraki MR62 with ANT-13 access point
• LANCOM IAP-321 2.4GHz, IAP-321 5GHz, IAP-321-3G 2.4GHz, and IAP-321-3G 5GHz access points
• Siemens Scalance W786 access point
• Cisco AP1602E with AIR-ANT2524 access point
• Cisco AIR-ANT5170 and AIR-ANT5195 antennas
• MobileMark DOD5-2400-5500 antenna
• Terrawave M6013070P30006I, T58060O10006, T58170P1000690, and M6060060MP1D43620 antennas

• New Visualization Statistics feature
• Channel Utilization and Station Count reported by the access points is displayed in the Live Network Status
• My Access Point selection is automatically done based on the associated SSID during the site survey
• User can now select to show Channel Overlap only for co-channels or adjacent channels
• User can import multiple floor map images at the same time
• Changed default export visualization image output folder
• Removed the normalized signal strength bar from the Live Networks Status
• Fixed a bug when quick selecting 40MHz 802.11n radios
• Fixed an issue with HP multi-radio bonding
  Added new Xirrus access points:
• XR-500, XR-1220, XR-1230, XR-1230H
• XR-2220, XR-2230, XR-7220, XR-7230

• Added Aruba AP-224 and AP-225 802.11ac Access Points
• German, French, and Japanese localizations
• New AP channel bandwidth selection pop-up
• User can now select which access point information to show on the map view
• The access point name is now more visible on the map view
• Updated tooltips for Signal Strength, Channel Overlap, and Number of APs visualizations
• Signal Strength visualization tooltip displays what is the strongest access point and on which channel it is
• Channel Overlap visualization tooltip displays the overlapping access points in a table form sorted by the strongest AP
• Number of APs visualization tooltip displays all the audible access points, their signal strength, channel, and floor information in a table form sorted by the strongest AP
• Added Samsung Galaxy S4 to the client adapters’ list
• Added new 802.11n access points:
• Ruckus ZoneFlex 7762-S, ZoneFlex 7782-S, ZoneFlex 7782-N
• Motorola AP6522
• LANCOM L-460agn, L-320agn
• Enterasys AP3710i
• Fixed a bug that caused unnecessary visualization re-calculations
• Fixed channel information format in reports
• Fixed a bug that prevented designing single channel, wide channel bandwidth network plans with ESS autoplanner

• New visualization: Channel Overlap
• Changed default output folder for report to be the same folder as the corresponding esx file
• Fixed bug that could cause exception at startup when scanning configuration from older Site Survey was present
• Fixed bug that caused “jumping” of channel number in radio channel selection popup
• Data from the 802.11ac access point is included to XML and WCS export
• New Windows 7 USB driver revision 3.1.0.331
• Improves accuracy of the RSSI values
• New access points and antennas
• Sophos AP30, AP50
• Motorola AP6562
• Aruba AP-68
• Aruba ANT-5614, ANT-82, ANT-83, ANT-85, ANT-90

• Support for 802.11ac network planning, capacity analysis, and site survey
• New Maximum Channel Bandwidth visualization
• New primary channel and channel range selection dialog
• Channel range is adjusted by dragging from the edges of the selected channel
• New technology/channel representation to support the wide 802.11ac channel bandwidths
• E.g. 48@80 represents an AP on primary channel 48 and with 80MHz channel bandwidth
• AP channel range and primary channel is displayed on radio mouse hover both on the map view and AP list
• Regulatory domain operating classes are now taken in account in Auto-planner and when manually changing the AP primary channel
• Auto-Planner improvements
• Supports planning for 802.11ac
• Supports 20MHz, 40Mhz, 80MHz, and 160MHz channel bandwidths on 5GHz band
• New channel optimization algorithm to minimize channel overlap even with the wider 80MHz and 160MHz channels
• Primary channel is selected so that APs within radio range can fall back from wide channels to use non-overlapping 80MHz, 40MHz, or 20MHz channels for simultaneous transmissions
• 2.4GHz vs. 5GHz coverage optimization is now selected for the AP’s antenna
• Only channels that are supported in the regulatory domain and by the radio can be used in the simulations
• Added new generic 802.11ac client adapters and capacity profiles
• Added new generic 802.11ac access points
• New 802.11ac capacity and interference modeling algorithm
• Updated .esx project file to support wider 80MHz and 160MHz 802.11ac channels and center channels
• MIMO properties are now taken in account in the adapter and access point configurations
• Combined Signals and 802.11n Details tables in the Live Network Status view
• Removed 11n details button from the AP list
• SGI, Greenfield, number of Spatial Streams are now displayed on radio mouse hover on the AP list
• Columns in the Live Network Status and Survey Inspector tools are now selectable
• Right-click on the column header to select visible columns
• Cisco AP names are now displayed in the Live Network Status and Survey Inspector tools
• When opening a project with RTLS features enabled, ESS displays empty visualization by default
• Multi-radio logic for Zyxel access points
• Updated evaluation time limitations
• Evaluation period limited to 14 days
• 30min site survey per day is allowed
• 30min network planning per day is allowed
• New version availability check
• Update check performed at startup or manually via the Help menu
• Meru multi-radio/ssid detection works with Virtual Port
• Downgraded Windows XP driver to revision 3.0.1.316

Version 5.6.9

• Added new wall materials.
• Meraki multi-radio/multi-SSID support.
• Fixed bug that caused incorrect radio binding on Meru APs when using Merus virtual cell and virtual port.
• Set Detailed Visualization Mode as Default for visualizations: 802.11n Channel Bonding, Capacity Health, Associated Clients, Network Health, Network Issues.
• New USB driver revision 3.0.1.323
• Fixed bug that caused incorrect RSSI readings when strong background noise was present.
• Makes possible to scan channel 14 in regulatory domain Japan.
• Fixed bug that caused crash when using USB adapter with Ekahau Activator 3.
• New Windows XP cardbus driver revision 7.7.0.319
• Improves stability of the driver
• Added Zyxel NWA1121-NI AP
• Added Ruckus APs: ZoneFlex 7055, ZoneFlex 7321, ZoneFlex 7372
• Added Aerohive AP141
• Added Siemens antennas: ANT-795-6MN 2.4GHz, ANT-795-6MN 5GHz, ANT-795-6MT 2.4GHz, ANT-795-6MT 5GHz
• Added Aruba antennas: ANT-2714, ANT-5005, ANT-5010, ANT-5614, ANT-88, ANT-89, ANT-90, ANT-91 2.4GHz, ANT-91 5GHz, ANT-D607

Version 5.6.8

• HP multi-radio support
• Added HP MSM317 AP
• Renamed several HP AP models to match current branding
• Added Cisco antennas: AIR-ANT2524DW-R 2.4GHZ, AIR-ANT2524V4C-R, AIR-ANT2544V4M-R, AIR-ANT2566P4W-R
• Added Siemens antennas: ANT-792-6MN, ANT-792-8DN, ANT-793-6DG, ANT-793-6DT, ANT-793-6MN, ANT-793-8DJ, ANT-793-8DK, ANT-795-6DC
• Added Ubiquiti UniFi AP

• Fixed bug that causes exception when running auto-planner with empty capacity requirement.

• Cisco multi-radio detection improved with long AP names
• Fixed bug that caused wrong bindings of Meru APs if serial numbers of the APS were close to each other.
• Helps detection of Access Points from Meru blink surveys through ERC as well as USB/Cardbus surveys
• BSSID and Access Point Ethernet port MAC Address are displayed separately, both are searchable
• Fixed bug that causes exception when running auto-planner with empty capacity requirement.
• GPSGate is set to always run with Administrator privileges. Fixes connectivity problems between Site Survey and GPSGate.
• Don’t allow freezing of only one radio from a multi-radio Access Point
• Filtering Access Point list is faster
• D-Link multi-BSSID binding is disabled by default because of reliability issues
• Added Cisco APs: AP1552I, AP1602I, AP2602I
• Added Ruckus AP ZoneFlex 7982
• Added Aruba AP-134 + AP-ANT-18
• Added Antennas: Sweratel 2.4GHz 15dBi, Sweratel 5GHz 16dBi, Aruba AP-ANT-18

• Surveys to Rails feature in RTLS mode, creates rails from survey routes for easy RTLS model creation
• Official Windows 8 support
• D-Link multi-SSID support
• Nortel multi-radio support
• New USB driver revision 3.0.1.307
• Fixes bug that caused adapter to miss APs on high 5GHz channels when there were lot of SSIDs present
• Fixes bug that caused adapter to miss APs on high 5GHz channels when there were lot of SSIDs present
• Fixed bug that caused problems in export of the survey data to WCS/NCS when there were location beacons in model
• Fixed bug that caused reset of scanning channel selection if WLAN adapter was detached and re-attached
• Fixed bug that caused antennas of similar simulated AP to change their direction if one APs antenna direction was changed
• Added Enterasys APs: AP3705i, AP3640, AP3630, AP3620, AP3610, AP3605

• New channel selection UI
• Added 5GHz channel scanning selection
• Direct calibration with T201 & T301 tags support removed
• Dimensions in WCS Plan now exported in feet, meters were not interpreted correctly by WCS
• Antenna direction arrow and antenna pattern are now rendered so that they would not overlap too much on the map
• Live requirement calculation further optimized
• Calculation is done on the background in order to keep the UI responsive
• Requirements are calculated at 1 second interval
• Opening projects with large number of Access Points should be faster now
• Vivato multi-SSID support
• GPS debug log with “log4j.logger.gps=DEBUG” in log4j.properties
• Noise values values from cardbus adapters are now saved into the project
• Added multiple new Meru access points and antennas:
• Antennas: ANT-ABGN230W-W, ANT-I2ABGN-0304-O, ANT-O4ABGN-0607, ANT-06ABGN-0606, ANT-06ABGN-0607
• APs: AP1010e, AP1010i, AP1014i, AP1020e, AP1020i, AP110, AP310i, AP320i, AP332e, AP332i, AP433e
• Added LANCOM L-451agn, and L-452agn access points

• Added new access points and antennas:
• Meru AP433i
• Meraki MR66 AP with ANT-10 antenna
• Aruba AP-135
• Corrected Meru AP300i antenna patterns
• French, German, and Japanese localizations
• Maximum data rate and maximum number of spatial streams calculated correctly for measured APs for projects created with ESS 5.5 and later
• 802.11n details popup is now shown when right-clicking over a radio, not over an Access Point
• Floor height is now present in the WCS plan export
• GPS surveys no longer disappear on map removal
• Print a log message when internal scan buffer is full or close to being full
• Display a notification when WCS import is tried with unsufficient privileges
• Small performance optimization for Live Requirements calculation

• Fix error while opening DWG images that contain Japanese text with Japanese font names on Japanese Windows
• Added Cisco AP3502P Access Point and Cisco AIR-ANT25137NP-R (2.4/5GHz) antennas

• Chanalyzer button works in 64bit Windows
• Including missing bug fixes from 5.5.18 and 5.5.17
• Problematic Zones are now transparent
• Fix false authentication errors with ERC

• New Auto-Planner algorithm
• More efficient number of required APs calculation
• Improved AP placement
• Improved channel assigment
• Complete integration with Cisco Prime NCS/WCS
• Ability to import floor maps over the network from Cisco Prime NCS/WCS
• Ability to export survey data to Cisco Prime NCS/WCS
• Improved calculation and presentation of antenna radiation patterns when tilting antennas
• Elevation pattern displayed while editing
• Allowed tilt angles changed from [-90 90] to [-180 180]
• Antenna radiation patterns are stored in individual files
• New Windows 7 USB driver revision: 3.0.1.298
• Fixes problem With Ekahau T301W tags and Ekahau Activator 3
• Building view available in Standard version
• Allows to define better site structure for Ekahau Vision
• Number of APs in live requirement is now calculated correctly when surveying via ERC
• Added ZyXEL multi-ssid support

• Fall back to using the name given to Cisco Access Points to combine observed radios into one Access Point.
• NOTE: The first 15 charactes of the name must be unique (rest is not seen during surveys)
• NOTE: By default, all APs have the same name. Users must specify a unique name and enable “Aironet IE” for all SSIDs (WLAN configuration in Cisco controller)
• Add Lancom multi-ssid support
• Fixed bug that could cause Network Health and Network Issues visualization to show visualizations based on wrong SNR values.
• New USB driver revision: 3.0.1.287.
• Fixes bug that caused dropping of 5GHz measurements if there was more than 511 scanning results.

• Prevent all Meru radios from being combined into one Access Point when a unique identifier (MAC address of Ethernet port of the AP) is not available.
• Fixed a bug that caused exception in reporting when there were survey without measurement data
• Fixed bug that caused sometimes exception in File Chooser dialog.
• Manual combining of radios is now allowed to frozen APs, that have been frozen at the same time.
• Improved position filtering mechanism.
• Added Juniper Access points: WLA371, WLA372, WLA422, WLA432, WLA522, WLA532.
• Added HP access points: WA2620, WA2620E

• Updated German, French and Japanese language versions
• GPS surveying: fixed bugs in reading NMEA data in 64bit OS.
• Removing survey route points: the whole survey is deleted when the last route point in the survey is removed
• Experimental support for Windows 8 developer preview operating system.
• New protocol driver revision: 6.1.0.268 for Vista/Windows 7.
• Fixes incompatibility problem with HTC Sync and several other programs that use protocol drivers.
• New cardbus/express card driver revision: 7.7.0.266 for Vista/Windows 7.
• Fixes bug that often caused adapter to stop scanning in 64bit OS.
• When using a non-native scanning device (ELP, RTLS Controller) ejection/ insertion of a native scanning device (e.g. NIC-300 USB) won’t change the selected scanning device
• New USB adapter driver revision: 3.0.1.265 for Vista and Windows 7
• Support for Virtual WiFi in Windows 7

• More robust parsing of Meru specific information
• Updated cardbus/express card driver revision 7.6.1.301 for Windows Vista/7 back to distribution. From version 5.5.11 older version of driver 7.6.1.300 was accidentally distributed.
• Fixes problem in Ekahau Activator that prevented activation of tags with static IP addresses.

• Mini live requirement view for quick look on how a requirement is fulfilled.
• Warn if location beacon is not placed over a zone and when zone is not placed over open spaces or rails.
• Fixed a bug that could cause wrong binding of SSIDs with frozen Access Points
• Fixed a bug that could cause wrong combining of radios with frozen Access Points
• Improve automatic radio binding of surveyed Cisco Access Points
• Added a more finer granularity option (“Super”) to be able to see smaller differences in visualizations
• Visualization granularity is now more finer by default (“Very”)

• Fixed bug in signal to noise visualization calculation that caused incorrect SNR values in some cases.
• Added Middle-East regulatory domain.

• Updated cardbus/express card driver revision 7.6.1.301 for Windows Vista/7
• Fixes problem in Ekahau Activator that prevented activation of tags with static IP addresses.
• Fixed bug that caused simulated access points in channel 165 not to work correctly.

• Fixed bug in visualizations that appeared in concave coverage areas.
• Added Terrawave MIMO indoor antennas.
• Added Cisco AP541N, Cisco AP1550, HP MSM430, and HP MSM460 Access Points.
• Added Cisco AIR-ANT2547V-N antenna.

• Floor alignment validation improved
• Floor alignment axis locations are copied when duplicating a map
• Remember the properties of the last placed simulated Access Point
• Remember Access Point type and Antenna type selections for the Simulated Access Point Too
• Prevent unnecessary refreshing of visualizations, when changing from positioning to site survey mode, and when selecting Capacity Health or Associated Clients visualizations
• Added 11b and 11b/g only VoIP phones for Capacity Requirements
• Survey is stopped if the active device is changed during the survey
• Undo while editing scale reverts the old scale value into the editor
• Added manual way to separate radios from measured multi-radio Access Point into individual Access Points
• French translation
• Fixed duplication of “My Access Points” group in the report
• Now complete Cisco antenna and access point portfolio is included

• Multi-SSID support for Ruckus Wireless Access Points

• Updated USB driver 3.0.1.239
• Fixes issue where Aerohive access points in 802.11n mode could not be observed with USB adapter.
• Fixes issue that could cause BSOD when closing Site Survey

• Fixed bug that caused 802.11n extension channels that were below control channels reported incorrectly to be above control channel when using USB adapter.
• Don’t try to combine frozen radios.
• Make the “Place Automatically” popup from map thumbnail work for APs with multiple measured radios.
• German and Japanese translations.
• Automatic placement of AP with multiple radios is done now more reliably based on the strongest seen signal.

• Fixed exception while visualizing interference for 802.11a radio with unknown channel.
• Fixed bug in capacity health and association clients visualizations where tablet and smartphone devices were not counted to be able to associate to legacy 802.11a access points.
• Fixed bug that caused capacity health and association clients visualizations to show incorrect values if adapter selection was different between visualization options and capacity requirements.
• Fixed bug that caused crash in some cases where building was not defined in model.
• Added Aruba AP-92 & AP-93 Wi-Fi access points

• Fixed capacity requirement persistence. Hours part of the active duration of an application was used for the minutes part while saving project.

• Fixed empty installer strings that could occur in German and Japanese language Windows.

• Fix Auto-Planner hang with Capacity requirement and map with no walls.
• Fill AP map image thumbnails with white background to prevent the background from being black when the map image background is transparent.
• Fixed crash that could happen when opening legacy models.

• Multi-radio support for measured access points
• Automatic radio binding for Cisco, Meru APs
• Wi-Fi network capacity analysis and planning
• Capacity Health, Associated Clients visualizations
• Capacity requirements impact the Auto-Planner suggestions
• Capacity requirements and heatmaps added to reporting
• Adjusted signal prediction to match better real life situations
• New theoretical maximum throughput visualization
• Strongest access point visualization removed
• Associated AP visualization behavior changed
• Replaces strongest AP
• Updated Cardbus driver 7.6.1.300
• Added support for Airlancer MC-54ag.

• Fixed issue where Site Survey crashed if WLAN autoconfig service was not present (i.e. on a desktop or server machine having no WiFi).
• Fixed issue on CAD image importing where only last view of the image was drawn in Site Survey.
• Improve proxy selection during license activation. Use SOCKS only if a SOCKS proxy is explicitly specified and no HTTPS proxy is set.

• Updated USB driver version 3.0.1.207
• Fixes problems with scanning time fluctuations.
• Support for NEC Aterm WL300NU-AG adapter

• Updated USB driver version 3.0.1.201 for Windows Vista and Windows 7
• Fixes issue where Site Survey could not receive scanning results from driver.
• Fixed bug in installer that prevented Site Survey installation in 64 bit non-English language Windows.
• Improvements in visualization consistency when refreshing visualizations.
• Added following Ruckus access points:
• MediaFlex 2825
• ZoneFlex 2942
• ZoneFlex 7025
• ZoneFlex 7343
• ZoneFlex 7363
• ZoneFlex 7942
• ZoneFlex 7962

• Updated USB driver 3.0.1.198
• Windows XP USB adapter support.
• Stability improvements.
• Added multiple Wi-Fi APs and antennas:
• Colubris MAP-330
• Colubris MAP-320
• Cisco AP1040
• Cisco AIR-ANT2451NV-R
• Cisco AIR-ANT5160
• Cisco AIR-ANT2440NR-R
• Cisco AIR-ANT2506
• Cisco AIR-ANT5160NP-R
• Cisco AIR-ANT2460NP-R
• HP ProCurve MSM310
• HP ProCurve MSM320
• HP ProCurve J8444A
• HP ProCurve J8441A
• Meru AP1000i

• Support for Intel Wi-Fi Link 5300 and SoMo 650 APs.
• Improved memory efficiency in 64-bit version.
• Fixed invalid antenna radiation patterns in:
• Cisco AIR-ANT1728 5.2dBi 2.4GHz
• Cisco AIR-ANT2410Y-R 10dBi 2.4GHz
• Cisco AP1240/1242 + ANT1728 2.4GHz

• Improved signal predition behavior when two or more walls are in parallel.

• Cisco WCS integration
• Use case: Export network plans into Cisco WCS format
• Export maps, simulated Cisco APs and walls in Cisco WCS format
• Requires Cisco WCS 7.0 or newer
• Exporting of survey data currently not supported
• Easier design of RTLS zone coverage
• While drawing, zones now snap to other zones
• By default, zone drawing now forces 15 degree angles
• Escape by holding down the Ctrl key
• Improved support for multi-core processors
• Up to 2x+ faster visualizations, depending on processor and project file
• Especially improves large projects with simulated APs
• Improved memory consumption
• Up to 5x+ less memory consumed, depending on the project
• Especially improves large projects with simulated APs
• Updated cardbus driver 7.6.1.299
• Fixes issue were driver vendor was in some cases shown to be Gigabyte inc.
• Added more supported Wi-Fi adapters.
• Updated USB driver 3.0.1.178
• Added safeguards to prevent driver from crashing in some situations.
• Live network requirements shows when signals cannot be presented as the adapter selected in the requirement would see them
• Layers marked as not to be printed on paper in CAD files are now visible in ESS when a CAD file is used as a map image

• Trim null characters from Cisco AP names
• Added support for Fortinet access points
• Updated USB driver version number 3.0.1.159 fixes following issues:
• Access points from channel 48 were not seen if regulatory domain was not set to US.
• Meru Access points in 5Ghz band with hidden SSID were not seen.
• Fix GPS support on 64bit Windows versions
• No need to restart GpsGate after the setup wizard is run

Version 5.0.8

• Fix saving of visualization value ranges to allow modifications to be seen across different localized ESS versions
• Fix exception when saving with CTRL+S while editing Zone or Map name.
• Keep the AP list search results up-to-date when APs are added/removed/edited (e.g. after opening a project)
• Don’t leave APs that matched to a search in a hidden state. This happens if the APs were folded under a map grouping.
• Fix Zone similarity visualization and tool for projects that have buildings.
• Don’t remove measured APs when creating a plan for project with a building.
• Updated IEEE OUI list to bind multiple SSIDs from new Cisco APs together
• Fix Japanese translation in the Auto-Planner dialog heading.

Version 5.0.7

• Added 3eTI 3e-525A Wi-Fi Access Point
• Fixed issue in opening projects with surveys done by EPE 4.x calibration

Version 5.0.6

• Fixed Trapeze MP-82 radiation pattern

Version 5.0.4

• German and Japanese translations
• Auto-Planner now works better with very thin small walls with high attenuation
• Auto-Planner dialog does not require to place alignment points if there is only one floor in the building

Version 5.0.2

• Editing is now faster with large projects
• Fixed a bug where selecting walls for editing was impossible when walls had exactly same location on different maps (manifests with duplication of map)
• GPS is now supported in 64bit Windowses
• GpsGate will have to be restarted after running the “GpsGate Setup Wizard”
• Fixed a bug in the Auto-Planner. After selecting 5GHz from “Optimize for 2.4/5GHz”, all consecutive plans were made for 5GHz with the previously selected requirement
• In Auto-Planner dialog, the AP type selection is no longer unnecessarily reseted after changing “Optimize for 2.4/5GHz” selection
• Length unit for Antenna height is read from preferences during startup for the Auto-Planner dialog

Version 5.0.1

• Updated USB driver to version number 3.0.1.116:
• Probe request are now sent on 5GHZ when using regulatory domain US
• Scan results from channel 11 are not showing up when adapter is not scanning channel 11

• Auto-Planner
• Suggests AP locations and channels
• Network Coverage Areas can be defined with a new tool
• CAD and SVG import
• Import CAD drawings (DXF/DWG) and SVG images as floor plans
• Reporting supports SVG images
• Better image quality when using SVG or DWG images
• 64bit OS support (Windows 7/Vista)
• Allows more RAM to be allocated for ESS
• 64bit OS recommended for large projects
• Support for selected USB adapters
• Ekahau driver required (installed with ESS)
• See www.ekahau.com/devices for details
• Not supported with USB adapters:
• Ekahau Activator
• Ekahau T301 surveys
• Improved network planning performance
• Depending on the project, visualizations now work 5-10x faster
• More requirement profiles
• Cisco VoIP
• Spectralink VoIP
• Polycom VoIP
• WIDS/WIPS
• Delete several simulated APs at once
• Under Actions menu in AP list
• Live network status is not “always on top” anymore
• Allows switching back and forth between LNS and main UI
• Minor optimization to .11n data rate visualization